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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Denis Finn' cotton / synthetic textile / ink / metal, various makers, Queensland, Australia, about 1995 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, white cotton background with a b…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Denis Finn' cotton / synthetic textile / ink / metal, various makers, Queensland, Australia, about 1995 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, white cotton background with a blue and white diagonally striped border. In the centre of the panel, 'DENIS FINN' is machine appliqued in rainbow striped letters with a red AIDS ribbon between the two names. In the top left and top right corners the following dates are machine appliqued in the same material as the border: 27.12.57 (left) and 8.2.1995 (right). Along the lower edge: 'COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND of QLD QUILT COMMITTEE' is stencilled in purple ink. Four rainbows and suns are machine appliqued and scattered over the quilt. The following messages are written in red ink: YOU TAUGHT ME/ SO MUCH, AND GAVE / ME YOUR STRENGTH. / LOVE PESSY (?) SUE; MISS YOU & YOUR / LOVING LOYALTY, THAT/ TWINKLE IN THE EYE, / FOREVER WITH US/ SHALOM (LADY DI); Denis my dear / Friend - in my prayers. thoughts / love GDN.; We miss your cool / clear thinking which / is so necessary in / in today's world / Fondest love / Ian; Life is a learning process / & you were one of the / teachers. Remembering you / Judy.; Thaks (sic) for the / contact with you./ Diniie M; You were / a class act/ Denis / Jan and Meg; Still striving for perfection / Keep the Alive / Miss you mate Marilyn; You never ceased / to amaze and delight./Love, David; Miss your wonderfull (sic) / Smile Mon sweet / Benbie (sic); xxx / Phil; Forever in my heart. Norman; HOW IS HEAVEN- / THE ULTIMATE/ TRAVEL DESTINATION ROB R.; YOU WERE A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND / I WILL LOVE YOU & MISS YOU ALWAYS LOVE WENDY; You taught me a lot. / Miss You / Love/ Chris x; We remember / Love/ Pat and Marie xxx; I know you know why we (underlined) couldn't visit at the end. / I trust you and Derek have / more good times / Ian; Your Kindness / Your quiet gentle smile / Your consideration are sorely missed/ love / Joan; Good bye / My darling 'Dude' / From 'cPipper (sic) xxx; YOUR SMILE WAS INFECTIOUS / I'M GLAD I CAUGHT IT/ 'Wendell'; Fond memories / Jill'; Loved your / legs / Ann B; Thank you for your / Strength, courage, / Wisdom / Love / Grant.
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Visit the page Daryl Fenen Greenman - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Daryl Fenen Greenman', cotton / mixed media, various makers, Australia, about 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. There are twelve square patches appliqued separately onto a background of brightly coloured multi-striped material. In the centre there is a yellow vertical strip with 'In Memory' glued on in black letters, and at the bottom on two similar yellow horizontal strips '4-12-63 Daryl 13-3-94 / Fenen Greenman' in black letters. The bottom strip is decorated with three large white daisies. In the top row there are three squares from left to right: 1) 'No one is as special as you / Love and laughter everywhere / That's how we remember you / your loving godchildren. Hannah xxx / Jason xxx / Renee xxx'.This square is decorated with three painted red hearts and a painted green frog. 2) 'Our Day 4th Dec' with a cloth badge 'For someone special' . It is bordered with a geometric braid. 3) Kerang South PS on a brown background with the outline of a bird. The second row contains three squares from left to right: 1) 'In memory of Daryl and his years with Hawthorne Bros Kerang Victoria with the following signatures: Judy Teasdale, Joan Mitchell, Michael & Polly ?, R. J. Hall, B. Davies, Noel J. Lyne, John Baulch, Betty Murphy, Wayne Mooring. 2) 'Daryl your loving sister Mandy xx' with a painted paintbrush and artist's palette. 3) An appliqued outline of the sign of the Zodiac for Sagittarius and the words '1963 - 1994 / Daryl Greenman / Love allways (sic) from the Blackmore's / Alan, Barb, Troy, Jan Richard & Portia & Plus. The third row contains two squares from left to right: 1) 'Daryl, Loving memories, Mum, Dad, Mandy, Kevin and family. 2) a cloth badge with small kTHs Finis coronat opus on a blue background. The fourth row contains two squares from left to right: 1) 'Daryl Greenman / Mum / Dad' and the black silhouette of a bonsai tree. 2) 'Daryl Greenman' with a large pair of machine appliqued tartan scissors. The fifth row contains two squares from left to right. 1) 'Daryl Greenman 1963 - 1994 / our treasured and / dearly loved friend / Forever in our hearts, Mary-Ann and Dianne' hand embroidered with four flowers. 2) A glued on green frog on a branch with leaves and flowers with 'Daryl 1964 - 1994' and the initials BD machine embroidered on it. -
Visit the page Tim Carrigan - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Tim Carrigan', cotton / synthetic textile / ink, maker unknown, Australia, about 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a black background and with a small black and white check border. There is an internal cream 'frame' edged with ric rac braid and pink and white striped triangles. This frame contains the words: Read about us and marvel / You have not lived in our time - be sorry'. In the centre Tim Carrigan 1950 - 1994 is machine appliqued. Either side of this is a pink vase with pink tulips and green stems. In the right hand margin the following is written in ink: 'In celebration of Gay sexuality and identity / Your loving sister / Lil'. -
Visit the page In memory of various people - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of various people, 'Queensland AIDS Council 1993 - 1994', cotton / synthetic textiles / felt / ink / glue, made by the Queensland AIDS Council, Queensland, Australia, 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, consisting of eighteen rectangular patchwork blocks bordered by pale blue ribbon. In the centre is a square containing the Queensland AIDS Council name and logo, with the numbers '93' and '94' at the bottom, made from striped canvas, and glued on. The other seventeen blocks are made of various patchwork materials with the following names appliqued onto to each block: 'Colin, Larry, David, Alison, Stephen, Malcom (sic), Kenneth, Daryl, Donald, Graham, William, Robert, William, Trevor, Michael, Dianne, and Carey'. -
Visit the page In memory of people affected by HIV/AIDS - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Nurses Remember' cotton / metal / ink / synthetic textile / plastic, made by Queensland AIDS Nurses Resources Group, Queensland, Australia, about 1995 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a dark blue background. Across the lower part of the panel is the letter Q (with a map of Queensland inside the Q) and NURSES REMEMBER QANRG (Queensland AIDS Nurses Resources Group) in gold machine appliqued letters. There are four metal stars in the shape of the Southern Cross attached to the upper left of the panel. A gold lamp shape with a flame, decorated with five rose buds is in the centre of the panel. In the top right hand corner there is a stylised sun with flowing rays spreading from that corner. The sun is made from cheesecloth tie dyed in different colours of red, yellow and orange. There are small plastic beads in similar colours sewn on to the cheescloth. Near the top of the panel, there is a patch of blue cloth with the following: 'The Queensland AIDS Nurses Resources Group exists to support nurses directly involved in care and provide education and advice to others. / Since the identification of AIDS, a dedicated group of nurses came together to provide support and education to all who have felt the effects of the disease. / The lamp with its last flicker symbolises nurses being there to the very end and even after death to provide support to relatives and significant others./ The sun with its rays represents the greater body of health workers reaching out to support nurses in the delivery of direct care.' -
Visit the page In memory of the Queensland AIDS Council - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, consisting of nineteen rectangular patchwork blocks bordered by purple, mauve and pink ribbon. In the centre, bordered in orange ribbon, is a square containing the Queensland AIDS Council name and logo, with the numbers '93' in the top left corner and '94' in the bottom right corner, made from striped canvas, and glued on. The other eighteen blocks are made of various patchwork materials with the following names appliqued onto each block: 'Francis, Michael, John, Shayn, Russel (sic), Brad, Gregory, Paul, Kevin, Michael, Paul, Peter, John, Robert, Jonathon, Shane, John and Bernard'. This quilt was made by persons unknown for the Queensland AIDS Council, Australia, 1994. The Queensland AIDS Council is a community based organisation responsible for providing education, advocacy and support for those affected by HIV & AIDS in Queensland Australia. Previously known as QUAC -
Visit the page Daryl Fenen - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Daryl Fenen', cotton / synthetic textiles / wood / metal / plastic, various makers, Australia, about 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, with a black background. The overall concept of the panel is of a person wearing a cap, T-shirt and shorts. In the centre top there are the words 'Daryl Fenen' above a fabric photograph. There are 13 synthetic textile flowers scattered randomly over the panel with a number of fabric leaves. In the top left corner are the words '(Y)our? love will never die' in gold paint. Attached to the left of the fabric photograph is a green visor with the printed words 'Cairns NQ Great Barrier Reef' and a palm tree and the hand written words 'R.I.P SWEETHEART THANKS 4 . 5 WONDERFULL (sic) YEARS'. Three badges are fixed to the cap 1) 1994 Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt with a map of Queensland; 2) 1994 AIDS Memorial Quilt Project W.A.; 3) Friends of the Quilt. Below the cap is '4.12.63 - 13.3.94' in gold letters. To the right of the fabric photograph is a white lace trimmed baby's bib with the following words in gold sparkling paint 'XXX ISN'T IT / TERRIBLE TO BE SO !! / POPULAR. BLUE, BARB, HALEY, RUD, YAH'. Below the bib are the words 'WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE KNOW' in gold paint. Below the fabric photograph is a white T-shirt with a tropical fish on a black background and the words 'The Great Barrier Reef / Cairns / Australia' below it. On the white section of the T-shirt the following is written in black ink: 'UP WITH THE FERRIES'; 'FOURTH DEC / HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE DARYL / I LOVE YOU! / ELLENOR XX I'M 4 / DARYL; CHEERS / LOVVE!!! / COME OOVER (sic) DARYL / ELLENOR; FROM PERTH / JONES FAMILY; LOOK!!! WHO'S COMING / TO DINNER / QUICKLY. / LUV LYNDA / XXX; FROM MUMMY JONES; ADIEU TO ONE OF NATURE'S GENTLEMEN DURWARD XX; SEE YUH MATE / ALL ABREST (sic) / THANK YOU VERY / CRUTCH / DADY (sic) JONES; Hi Sweetheart / Your Smile stay's with me. Forever / Johnny (Jen); DREAMS . FLEATWOOD (sic) MAC. FOREVER LOVE ALWAYS EMILY xxx; DEAR FRIEND YOU'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!! ALWAYS LYN; I KNOW YOU WILL BE, STILL BE, GOING ON, BE HAPPY. STEVE AND NAT '94. On the black centre of the T-shirt is written in gold sparkling paint 'I love you darln (sic); MY BABYCAKE FROM DON XXXX; BE GOOD HONEY; YOUR (sic) THE BEST; TO LUSTY FROM TRUSTY. The following is written over the fish in ink 'THANKS GUYS FROM DON xxxx LUV YOU LOVES. There is a red AIDS ribbon attached with a safety pin, a Qantas stick pin, a badge in the shape of Western Australia has the word Nocturnals in gold, a wooden 'Heaven' ice cream stick is sewn on, and a badge from the AIDS Quilt Project with the words 'Remember Their Names'. In gold paint on the bottom part of the panel are written the following words SH*T HAPPENS; KEEP THE LOVE ALIVE; YOUR (sic) THE BEST IN THE WOLD (sic) / DARLIN TUPID XXXX DON'T FORGET TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK LUSTY; HONEY I HOPE YOUR'E WATCHING FROM WHERE EVER YOU ARE LOVE YAH DON XXXX. Below the white T-shirt is a pair of green boxer shorts on which are written the words in gold letters 'I CAN'T COME UP THERE / SO YOU WASH THEM MUM (CAMP; HAVE YOU STILL GOT YOUR WALKMAN DAD (CAMP; HOPE YOU ARE STILL WEARING JAMIES. DAD (CAMP; also on the shorts is an Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt badge 'Keep the love alive.'. At the bottom left hand corner of the panel there is a patch with the logo for Australia's Northern Territory. In red ink on this patch are the words 'Daryl, I will always remember the day we were being videod by Barb & I held the place mat up to hide my face and you said this is my friend mat. Janice Barry'; 'I will always remember you as a very special friend and I cherish the times we spent together. God bless. JANICE (SISTER IN LAW). In the bottom right hand corner there is a fabric photograph of a completed big crossword puzzle with the following in gold letters ' DARYL REMEMBER THE CROSSWORDS YOU HELPED ME TO SOLVE. I'M STILL DOING THEM. LIFE IS STILL A PUZZLE. LOVE YOU. MUM CAMP XXXXXXXXX. -
Visit the page Derek Winter - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Derek Winter', cotton / synthetic textiles / fabric photographs / ink / glue / felt / plastic, maker unknown, Australia, about 1995 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, consisting of a dark red background with a floral border. In the centre is an ovoid appliqued piece in cream with embroidered white flowers with gold leaves and embroidered words in gold thread 'What is Love. / But a friend who has / Remained beside me / And never once / Removed his hand' Love Marilyn XXX. The piece is bordered with gold braid. It is below a circle of white satin with 'Derek' embroidered in gold thread below two red roses. On the left hand side is a painted hanging basket with leaves which is appliqued onto the background. Below the basket is an orange armchair with a an orange striped cat hand appliqued onto it. The cat has plastic eyes. Next to the chair is a round table covered with a cloth on which are appliqued items: a packet of cigarettes, a burning cigarette in an ashtray and a glass of red wine. On the right hand side there is a patch with two fabric photos with the caption 'Moi + Moiette' underneath in purple paint, and hand appliqued roses in each corner. On the right side of this patch there is a green and white striped patch saying 'DEREK WINTER 1954-1995' embroidered in maroon. On the right hand side there are 15 hand appliqued roses of various colours scattered over the maroon background. Above the fabric photo patch there is a 'cowboy' bear on a green horse and to the right of that there is a green cartoon-like crocodile. Both of these are in felt and appliqued onto the background. In the bottom is the outline of a chainsaw bordered with glass beads with an orange handle in felt and 'POWER SOUND' in orange ink on the blade.